Thread on TMC, Ukraine, Georgia, Biolabs, DoD
1. Warning
Please Ignore this thread, or at least don't expect it to be coherent or have any conclusions, I am creating it as a way of collating links to free up browser memory (too many open tabs ;)
2. Technology Management Company, Inc.
govtribe.com/vendors/techno…
3. TMC
The presentation of TMC projects from the 1990s & early 2000s outlined activities in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia & Ukraine related to disarmament and disposal of nuclear and chemical weapons, as well as biological research data collection totaling over $14 million.
4. TMC Operating Locations
5. TMC Archived Web Pages - Uzbekistan
"TMC’s Deputy Program Manager for Science (Dr. Jeein Chung) & Senior Science Coordinator (Dr. Mariam Lekveishvili) developed a capacity building program focused on biosafety and surveillance of infectious diseases"
web.archive.org/web/2017110406…
6. TMC Archived Web Pages - Uzbekistan 2
2017 – TMC new contract
3 year contract overseen by US DoD & Government of Uzbekistan.
TMC supports Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) in Uzbekistan to promote biological safety & security
web.archive.org/web/2019030815…
7. TMC Blurb
For 20 years, TMC has provided governments with the expertise & practical support they need to accomplish missions in challenging environments in over 80 countries
Robert Delaney, TMC’s VP:
“TMC is extremely proud of our continued support to the US government"
8. TMC Uzbek Grant (2017)
Apr 10, 2017
Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract to Technology Management Company, to implement science engagements in Uzbekistan to promote biological safety and security of especially dangerous pathogens (EDPs).
govtribe.com/opportunity/fe…
9. Biodefense Science Engagement in Uzbekistan
globalbiodefense.com/2017/04/14/bio…
Connected to Project 53
scjs.org.uk/2016/09/27/pro…
10. Project 53
The objectives of CBRN CoE P53 are to provide specialized training on bio-safety and bio-security in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Work will start in September 2016 and complete by December 2018.
11. TMC - Georgia 1 (Dod/TMC) 3 years (2017)
TMC to custom design & development of a multi-functional Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). TMC will integrate the new LIMS in 21 different facilities located throughout the Republic of Georgia
web.archive.org/web/2017051900…
12. TMC - Georgia 2
Charles Randolph, TMC’s President & COO
Contract with Walter Reed Institute of Research (WRAIR).
Scientific & technical support to WRAIR’s US Medical Research Directorate – Georgia (USAMRD-G) unit in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.
web.archive.org/web/2016103003…
Break Time - TBC
13. Georgia - 3
Introduction
Documents leaked to Bulgarian journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva indicate that the US Embassy to Tbilisi is involved in the trafficking of frozen human blood & pathogens as diplomatic cargo for a secret military program
14. Georgia 4 - Original Documents
15. TMC - Ukraine & Georgia Security Projects
DTRA - Nuclear- WMD - Border Control
web.archive.org/web/2016020607…
16. TMC Extracts US contractors from Georgia
"TMC was able to quickly and safely evacuate U.S. contractors out of Tbilisi Georgia during the Georgia/Russia conflict in 2008"
Emergency Transport
web.archive.org/web/2015122515…
17. Biological Reference Laboratories Staffing
(Central Asia)
The 5 Biological Reference Labs serve as research facilities for the detection & disposal of chemical & biological weapons as well as the discovery of diseases related to exposure to them
web.archive.org/web/2015082821…
18. Cooperative Biological Engagement Program
For USAMRIID, TMC provides administrative, clinical medical research & lab support to advance program goals to engage and train host-country science personnel in identification & diagnosis of EDPs.
web.archive.org/web/2016081104…
19. Continued - TMC Georgia & Azerbaijan
In Georgia and Azerbaijan, USAMRIID-led teams of local scientists employed by TMC conduct bio-essay studies, focused on influenza and other pathogens active in the region.
20. Continued - TMC - Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
In Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, teams of scientists employed by TMC train medical & lab personnel in lab safety & security, use of advance lab equipment and pathogen tracking systems, and advanced pathogen analysis methodologies.
21. TMC - Cooperative Biological Engagement Program in Central Asia and the Caucuses
web.archive.org/web/2016081022…
22. TMC - Afghanistan
TMC built and managed a warehouse on the border of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. TMC procured locally manufactured construction supplies for this warehouse and managed the request from U.S. troops for the commodities.
web.archive.org/web/2015082821…
23. TMC - Nuclear Waste
Temporary Nuclear Waste Storage and Processing Facilities Design and Construction
Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation (AMEC) Program
web.archive.org/web/2016081103…
24. TMC - Oak Ridge National Lab - Nuclear Work
TMC provides travel, meeting, and interpretation support to Oak Ridge National Laboratory for fissile materials control and non-proliferation programs in the Former Soviet Republics and China.
web.archive.org/web/2015123112…
25. TMC - Counter Narcotics
TMC Operations and Logistics contract award.
$975 million dollar IDIQ contract overseen by US Air Force, Air Combat Command (ACC), Acquisition Management &Integration Center (AMIC), based out of Newport News, Virginia.
web.archive.org/web/2016020502…
26. TMC - Ukraine
TMC Expands on Success in Ukraine
Chernobyl and WMD & non-proliferation projects over 20 years in several Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries including Ukraine, the Republic of Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, & Kazakhstan
web.archive.org/web/2016052904…
27. TMC Summary
Close links to DTRA, Pentagon, CIA, DoD, main work in ex Soviet States, Nuclear, Biological, Chemical WMD, Labs, Support, etc.
28. Allegations against TMC
" given the fact that the TMC was involved in recruitment and data analysis, it can be assumed that it was also a front for the work of US intelligence services."
archive.ph/i5eAN
29. Spanish update on some of the claims
diario16.com/operacion-covi…
30. TMC, Bechtel, DTRA, Georgia
Bechtel, TMC, Bio Weapons Lab and Collateral Financial Damage to US Taxpayer
archive.ph/sZhgP
31. Ukraine Update
DTRA - Battelle, Jacobs, CH2M Hill, Lugar Lab
DTRA CTRIC III – BTRP UKRAINE
7 January 2022 to DTRA by CH2M HILL
Countering Especially Dangerous Pathogen Threats in Ukraine
Contract: HDTRA118D0007
Task Order: HDTRA120F0054
mega.nz/file/W1sRAIqD#…
Lugar
32. Battelle
33. Battelle 2
34. Ukraine Facilities List
35. EDPs (Especially Dangerous Pathogens)
Collection and Shipment to the US
36. CH2M Hill, Battelle, and Metabiota
Georgia & Ukraine
37. CH2M Hill, Battelle, Metabiota (Grant Amounts)
38. "Jacobs" the 4th Company involved
"an engineering company which tests bioweapon dissemination systems at Dugway"
39. The Overall Plan Revealed in an FOIA Email
40. Note on Battelle
41. Deception Revealed
42. Scroll back from end of this thread if you have the time and inclination
43. Conclusion
I said there would be none, but clearly this thread leads into an earlier one:
44. Recent Updates & Documents (Ukraine)
via @EIGARBARINO
Thread
Archived
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1621335…
45. Some insights into the documents posted (1)
Short thread looking at Indonesia NAMRU 2 Scandal and Egypt Rift Fever claims
46. The next section is mainly trawling through a slew of documents which have been released relating to the US biolabs issue, with some brief comments.
47. Certain Documents of Interest
Submitted to the latest formal consultative meetings of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Biological Weapons Convention in 2022
meetings.unoda.org/meeting/65052/…
48. Statement by the Head of the delegation of the
Russian Federation at the Consultative meeting of
the States Parties to the BTWC under BTWC Article V
Summarizes the situation in September 2022
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
49. Questions for the United States regarding compliance with obligations under Article IV
Regarding the dodgy US Patents (screenshots)
and the US Response
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
50. More comments and questions on the patents
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
51. A set of Intriguing Slides (1)
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
52. A set of Intriguing Slides (2)
Black and Veatch
2015 Ukraine Security Services Report on BTRP
Metabiota Involvement
Destruction of Documentary Evidence
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
53. Questions regarding the above slides and facts
54. Scans of the original diplomatic notes exchanged between Russia and the US with annexes (June 2022)
(preceding the Russian Federation’s request for an
Article V Consultative Meeting under the
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention)
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
55. Questions for US (1)
"Such non-transparency & deliberate classification of research, potentially prohibited under agreements on non-proliferation of biological weapons, creates conditions for unhindered violation of the obligations under the BTWC"
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
56. Final Two Questions in above document
1. What explains the necessity of centralization of collections & transfer of strains of dangerous pathogens isolated in the territory of Ukraine to the USA? (Good Question)
2. Why are the results of works restricted and confidential?
57. Questions to Ukraine - Slides Set 1
1. Anti Plague Institute - Odessa (2018)
2. List of Pathogens held at above institute
3. Questions relating to strains held and research
4. Lack of Information about research carried out
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
58. Questions to Ukraine -Slides Set 2
1. DTRA BTRP contract
2. Glanders, Tularemia, Anthrax, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Hantaviruses, Measles, Rubella
3. African Swine Fever, Classical Swine Fever, Avian Influenza, Newcastle Disease, Q Fever.
4. Work near Russian Borders
59. Questions to Ukraine - Slide (Final)
Ukraine - US biological collaboration network included:
Ukraine Ministry of Defense and USAMRIID
60. 3 Final Questions from above document
1. What research was carried out at Odessa Institute which held so many pathogens?
2. Why is there no documented evidence about the state of all the strains held?
3. Why were certain strains studied under BTRP (e.g. TAP 6- Glanders)?
61. Yet more questions for Ukraine
1. STUC projects (network) and possible dual use projects
2. Financing and Risks (Personnel)
3. STCU document confirming Us biological activities in Ukraine
4. Safety violations & leaks of pathogens at Ukraine Labs
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
62. Questions to Ukraine regarding compliance with
obligations under Part 2 of Article I
1. EDPs carried by migratory birds (Ukraine-Russia)
2. UP-8 - Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever & Hantaviruses
3. UP-2 - Tularemia, Anthrax
4. UP-1 - Rickettsia, Coxiella
DTRA, CDC, NMRC
63. Continued
5. Lugar Lab, Georgia & Ukraine Joint Research on diseases carried by bats
6. TAP-6 Project African Swine Fever (areas bordering Russia)
7. Evidence of Ukraine's interest in obtaining delivery systems for biowarfare agents (spraying aerosols with Turkish Drones)
64. By the way, if you can't access the PDF just input the name of the pdf in the link, e.g. "G2248068" here:
in the "Job Number" search field:
documents.un.org/prod/ods.nsf/h…
65. Questions to Ukraine regarding observation of the obligations under Part 2 of Article I (1)
Summarizes Russia's concerns about:
1. UP-4 (potential economic damage from bird flu)
2. UP-8 - Crimean Congo hemorrhagic Fever
3. UP-2 and UP-6 Projects
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
66. Questions to Ukraine regarding observation of the obligations under Part 2 of Article I (2)
4. Bat Virus Research P-781 «Risk of New Infections from Insectivorous Bats in Georgia and Ukraine».
& P-382, P444, P-568.
5. TAP- 6 Project - African Swine Fever and Wild Boar
67. Questions about the possibility of using aerosol dispersion systems with a payload of over 20 litres in Turkish Bayraktar Dones at 300km
Suggested by "Motor Sich" December 2021
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
In news here
nordicmonitor.com/2022/09/russia…
and
bulgarianmilitary.com/2022/03/31/ukr…
68. Talking of Drones
Yesterday's News
DPR Chief warns Ukrainian forces use drone-dropped chemical weapons
archive.ph/ViTZa
69. Back to... Questions to Ukraine regarding compliance with obligations under Part 1 of Article I
1. The crux of the matter (screenshot 1)
2. Stockpiling of dangerous pathogens (enumerated) Screenshot 2
3. Why so many pathogens?
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
70. Continued from above document
4. Anomalies in viruses chosen for research which point to DTRA biowarfare interest (Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Hantaviruses, Anthrax, Tularemia, Glanders) rather than what Ukraine Health Focus would be concerned with (Measles, Rubella)
71. Summing up
Why would US military agencies like DTRA, Walter Reed Army Institute, Naval Medical Research Center, Ukraine Ministry of Defense study avian influenza, African swine fever, Newcastle disease in Ukraine?
72. Three Specific Questions Raised
1. what kind of activity involving pathogen materials was conducted in the Anti-Plague Institute on more than 2,000 storage units of pathogenic biomaterial?
2. Why no documentation from Odessa Lab?
3. Why study certain pathogens in Ukraine?
73. So many questions, so few answers...
Questions to Ukraine &the United States in
connection with the information provided in the
framework of the confidence-building measures of the
BTWC in the context of the activities of
biological labs in Ukraine
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
74. Why did Ukraine not report certain activities?
In light of certain already established facts concerning Ukraine and US joint biological research activities in Ukraine...
75. Lack of Clarity, Lack of Information
Forms B & F (Ukraine Declarations)
Lack of Information on extra-territorial Biological activities by US
Stonewalling by US of Russian proposals to include extra territorial declarations relating to military &biological activity in BTWC
76. Jesus, I wish I was being paid for this research!
77. Summary of All Questions for Ukraine
1. We already saw those three questions (1,2,3)
2. Questions 4,5, 6 - Accumulation of pathogens, research focus
3. UP1, UP-2, UP-8 Projects & Drones
4. Pathogen Safety concern questions
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
78. Summary of Questions for United States
All seem quite valid to me...
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
79. Responses (1)
Georgia Denies Everything!
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
80. Responses (2)
US Denies Everything!
"Assertions made by Russia which form the basis of its request for an Article V consultative meeting, are unfounded & based upon mischaracterization of official documents & legitimate, peaceful scientific studies"
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
81. Extended Technical Briefing by United States
"My name is Kevin Garrett, and I am the Deputy Director of the Biological Threat Reduction Program, which I will refer to as “BTRP”
He goes on to clarify and explain the Program in Ukraine and elsewhere
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
82. Russian Response
The Russian response to the statements of Ukraine & US mainly claim that specific points went unanswered &"are an attempt to avoid answers to specific, clearly formulated questions concerning provisions of Articles I & IV of BTWC
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
83. Further Russian Response (1)
The ostensibly "open and transparent" nature of the cooperation that the U.S. is trying to convince the world of is nothing more than hypocrisy.
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
84. Further Russian Response (2)
"Despite Russia's repeated calls, Washington refrains from providing specific, comprehensive information on military and biological activities outside the national territory"
Four Whys and a What...
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
85. Russian Statement
"we note that the overwhelming majority of the claims put forward by Russia have gone unanswered. As stated in the final report of the Consultative Meeting, it was not possible to reach consensus on the questions we raised"
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
86. On the Goals and Objectives of U.S.-Ukraine
Cooperation in Ensuring Sanitary &
Epidemiological Welfare of the Population
Not only has the epidemiological situation in Ukraine not improved, it has become one of the worst in the WHO European Region
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
87. Good Point This One
The most urgent public health problems in Ukraine include vaccine preventable diseases: measles, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, the spread of tuberculosis and HIV infection, outbreaks of dangerous infections, including cholera
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
BUT..
88. Presentation
(on the sanitary & epidemiological situation in Ukraine)
Ukraine's real public health challenges (see slides) were ignored by DTRA, who instead chose to focus on pathogen collection & research related to biowarfare & biodefence
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
89. Will take another well deserved break soon
But first the mega documents submitted by Russia with details of the claims
1. 204 Pages - Unofficial Translation
documents.unoda.org/wp-content/upl…
90. Document 2 (184 Pages) with English Translations
documents.unoda.org/wp-content/upl…
91. Document 3 (184 Pages)
documents.unoda.org/wp-content/upl…
92. Final Report of the Formal Consultative Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention
"No consensus was reached regarding the outcome of the Formal Consultative Meeting"
documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/…
93. Summary of US & Ukraine Biolabs (52 Pages)
The activities of the biological laboratories of the US
Department of Defense in Ukraine (with specific details of Ukrainian Labs)
files.oprf.ru/storage/image_…
94. Next Section includes recently posted documents of interest to the dedicated researcher into US bio programs in ex-Soviet States (i.e. me ;)
Starting with Nov 2022 Yandex Disk which I am having trouble opening
2022-11-26_briefing_RKhBZ - documents
disk.yandex.ru/d/Bxa0q9WZkBsW…
95. If you can open and view the documents included please let me know?
96. American biodefense and engineering companies involved in Ukraine (linked to DoD)
(December 14, 2022)
Black & Veatch
CH2M (Hill) (Jacobs Group)
Battelle
telegra.ph/Amerikanskie-k…
Archived: archive.ph/8wOpY
Use Google Chrome Right Click Translate to English
97. Employees of the companies & UKR institutions
(Dec 14, 2022)
Photos, Bios, Emails
telegra.ph/Sotrudniki-kom…
Archived: archive.ph/ITt0C
98. January 30, 2023 Briefing (Russia)
Briefing on the analysis of documents related to military biological activities of the United States
January 30, 2023
telegra.ph/Brifing-po-ana…
Archived: archive.ph/nWYri
99. Russian Analysis of @JudicialWatch redacted FOIA
This reveals a lot of the redacted sections
mega.nz/file/wzYi1SqB#…
99. Three RTFs shared by @EIGARBARINO in his thread
1. mega.nz/file/kuhg2ZDC#…
2. mega.nz/file/YvpCAQDB#…
3. mega.nz/file/gzhxgQxK#…
They relate to experiments to enhance soldier's endurance mainly using certain compounds
100. I translated them using Yandex Doc Tool
ЗВІТ is a report into Ukrainian military's research on humans of the drug "Antimotoma" (extract of Amaranth) An energy booster commercialized in Ukraine.
It works quite well!
101. RTF document 2
РЕЗУЛЬТАТИ is about clinical trials of water-soluble C60 fullerenes to reduce skeletal muscle fatigue of personnel, carried out at Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,
Yuri Prilutsky
Lt Col NIKOLAICHUK
Major MIKOLAICHUK
102. RTF Document 3
ЗАТВЕРДЖУЮ is a follow up study on dosing military volunteers with water-soluble C60 fullerenes and then forcing them to do up to 20,000 Squats
Ouch!
Approved by Head of research center at "The Military Institute", Colonel Igor PAMPUKHA
103. Organizations and Institutions (Ukraine Labs)
December 14, 2022
with details of their connections to
"Black and Witch (sic) Special Project Corp"
LOL
mega.nz/file/BmJQgCjY#…
104. Time for a Break, Mammoth Thread!
12 hours today I think, in two shifts...
"Everything Takes Time, Time Takes Everything"
105. Tweet 94 referenced a recent Yandex disk dump with documents and images which many could not open perhaps due to cyrillic characters and zip programs.
Thanks to @a_nineties the docs are available on mega:
1. mega.nz/folder/qVx23Tp…
2. Some images
mega.nz/folder/XIZBTKI…
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